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4 days ago | 
fandomwire.com | Shubham Chaurasia |Souhardya Choudhury
It’s easy to dismiss a game for being bad, buggy, or even incomplete. After all, the expectation is that every title should be a smooth, polished experience, especially with today’s high-end technology. However, while developers are often the ones at the receiving end of criticism, the truth is that the pressures they face are seldom acknowledged. As Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai recently pointed out, the burnout among game developers has reached a breaking point.
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5 days ago | 
fandomwire.com | Shubham Chaurasia |Utkarsh Tiwari
In the wild world of Mario Kart World, it’s not just about dodging turtle shells; sometimes, you’ve gotta become one. If you want to win, you might have to embrace the chaos and take the backseat. Give your opponents the lead, hang back, and then… strike at the final lap. It’s a strategy that sounds backward, but it might be the new secret to victory. Sure, players have always been on the lookout for new ways to win races, but this?
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5 days ago | 
fandomwire.com | Shubham Chaurasia |Anusha Sanyal
Ah, Helldivers 2, a game full of bullets, alien creatures, and an unrelenting sense of camaraderie… until you get sabotaged by a cheater. You think you’ve got this, right? A rogue player’s wrecking your missions? Oh boy, it’s time to write an essay about their deeds and report them! But wait, nope. The report system is as broken as your last team’s strategy. Sure, you can block the cheater, but good luck getting them out of the game entirely.
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5 days ago | 
fandomwire.com | Shubham Chaurasia |Anusha Sanyal
Creativity can feel like a tangible thing, something you can almost touch. In Helldivers 2, the concept of creativity is often harnessed in tactical battle plans designed to stave off alien hordes, particularly for democracy. But, alas, it’s not something you can physically hold or defend, so the Helldivers community has turned to what they do best: creative solutions. This time, they’ve weaponized their editing skills to remix one of the internet’s most iconic memes: the Crab Rave. The result?
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5 days ago | 
fandomwire.com | Shubham Chaurasia |Souhardya Choudhury
When you think of franchises within Sony, a few big names come to mind: God of War, Horizon, and the usual heavy hitters. But when Sony decided to give Concord a dedicated episode in Secret Level, it really showed where the company’s head was at. And if there’s one word to describe that place, it’s got to be rotten. While Concord got the spotlight, Helldivers 2 (their actual live-service success) barely earned a cameo.
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6 days ago | 
fandomwire.com | Shubham Chaurasia |Arijit Saha
The PlayStation 5 (PS5) is an impressive machine, boasting near-instant load times, 4K visuals, and support for a wide range of modern and classic games. But there’s a glaring hole in its backward compatibility lineup: PlayStation 3 games. Despite its ability to run past games with ease, the PS3’s library remains painfully out of reach. This frustrating gap traces back to one decision: Sony’s creation of a custom-built chip, the Cell processor.
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1 week ago | 
fandomwire.com | Shubham Chaurasia |Souhardya Choudhury
What if we told you that a Helldivers 2 crossover could actually help save Crysis 4? Sounds like sci-fi fiction, right? But this might be one of those rare moments where video game universes collide for a cause bigger than cosmetics. After all, Arrowhead just casually opened the door for a Crysis collab, and Crytek, which recently hit the pause button on Crysis 4 and laid off 15% of its staff, might want to walk through it ASAP. This isn’t just about hype.
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1 week ago | 
fandomwire.com | Shubham Chaurasia |Sayantan Choudhary
Hideo Kojima is not your average creative genius. While most dream big, Kojima dreams beyond. Even among visionaries, he’s a category of one: constantly trying to outdo himself, chasing not just innovation, but reinvention. Many find his ideas weird or unusually abstract, but for Kojima, that’s just a normal day at the office. He often reins in his surreal imagination to fit the limitations of Earth.
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1 week ago | 
fandomwire.com | Shubham Chaurasia |Utkarsh Tiwari
FBC: Firebreak is the kind of game where missions either go exactly as planned or spiral wildly out of control within the first 60 seconds. While failing the objective isn’t the end of the world (you’ll likely be laughing about it in five minutes), certain in-game curveballs are far less funny in the moment. Enter: Corrupted items. These creepy, cursed anomalies can twist your mission rules in unpredictable ways.
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1 week ago | 
fandomwire.com | Shubham Chaurasia |Anusha Sanyal
The Alters makes a bold entrance: part survival thriller, part existential therapy session, and all wrapped in a very cool, radiation-soaked sci-fi package. Players are loving the blend of base-building, decision-driven narrative, and the deeply personal twist of creating alternate versions of yourself. It’s weird, wonderful, and totally unique. But… there’s a catch. As good as it is, there’s one glaring omission that’s left players daydreaming about what could’ve been: an Endless Mode.
